Toy pistol



(No ModeL) H. H. WHITOOMB.

TOY PISTOL.

No. 252,560. Patented Jan. 17,1882

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UNITED S ATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY H. WHITCOMB, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

TOY PISTOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 252,560, dated January 17, 1882, Application filed November 10. 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY H. WHrrcoMB, of Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toy Pistols, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

This invention consists of a toy pistol provided with a figure adapted to bedisplayed before firing, and to entirely disappear upon pulling, the trigger, and also of the special construction of the pistol.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in

which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a sectional elevationof my improved toy pistol, representing the partsas they appear when the pistol is cocked and figure-displayed; and Fig.2isasimilarview,showing the parts as they appear just after firing.

The hammer A, mainspring B, and trigger C are of ordinary construction, except that the trigger is formed with the forward extension, 0, and these parts are placed and pivoted in the stock D in theordinary manner. The stock D is formed with the sleeve 01 upon its upper side, which carries the pin j, which is constantly pressed rearward by the coiled spring 2'. The rear end of this pin is formed with the head j, which forms the anvil upon which the caps are exploded by the blow from the hammer. Within the barrel E of the pistol is placed the spring g, one end of which is attached to the stock, while the other end is at- I tached to the lower part of the figure G, which is normally held by the spring within the barrel, as shown in Fig. 2, but which is adapted to be drawn out and stood erect in front of the pin f, as shown in Fig. 1. In order that the figure may be conveniently brought to this position and retained there, I form the barrel with the slot h and with the projection is, and form the figure with the appendage a, which passes through the slot, and with the point or projection I) at its lower end, which is adapted to engage with the projection Ir. The projection 7c, the upper side or end,-n, of the barrel, and the forward end of the pin f, when the hammer is cocked, are on the same plane, so that the figure G, when drawn out from the barrel, will stand in contact, or nearly so, with the end of the said pin, so that when the hammer falls the figure will be thrown backward by theblow and disengaged from the projection 70, andinstantl y drawn entirely within the barrel by the spring g.

' The forward projection, c, of the trigger serves to protect the finger of the user from being struck by the protruding appendage a of the figure in its backward movement.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- 1. In a toy pistol, the combination, with the barrel E, provided with the projection It, of the figure G, the spring 9, and the pin f, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a toy pistol, the combination, with the barrel E, provided with the slot h and the projection k, of the figure G, provided with the appendage a, the spring g, and the pin f, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a toy pistol, the combination, with the hammer A, the sleeve 01, and the spring-pressed pin f, of the slotted barrel E,provided with the projection k, the figure G, provided with the appendage a, and the spring g, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a toy pistol, the combination, with the barrel E, provided with the slot h, the figure G, provided with the appendage a, and the spring 9, of the trigger C, provided with the projection c on its forward part, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

HENRY HOMER WHITCOMB.

Witnesses:

D. F. HoLLIsTER, WM. H. KELsEY. 

